Author: Don Prohaska
Date: 18:04:33 03/13/00
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On March 13, 2000 at 20:51:36, Mark Longridge wrote: > >> >> Once again we see the attitude of the GM that if there is an internet problem >> on either end it is the Comp's fought. Why did she refuse to play using the >> telephone? It seems that we are distined to continue seeing these kind of >> issues arise. It will be a miracle if the match is completed :( >> >> TP > >Here is my very cheap 2 cents.... > >This is really lame. It's *obviously* not Deep Junior's fault that the >ISP is so crappy. > >The player insisting on a forfeit because of the ISP delay isn't a true >chess player in my opinion. *Insisting* on winning in this way is >totally unsports-person like. Morphy never acted like that, and I'm sure >not even Bobby Fischer would insist on winning a game in this fashion. >A true player wins by skill, not by forfeit. > >If I was playing the computer in a match, this is the way I would do it: > >1) Put the computer and the player in the same room. >2) Have 3 time outs for both human and computer players. After that, then >can have a reasonable delay (an hour sounds reasonable) THEN perhaps after >that, a forfeit could be considered. >3) If it's done over the internet, then rule #2 clearly must be modified. > >Why not over the phone indeed? Sounds reasonable to me. > >This is very bad for computer chess :-( >Mark Yes, but could you see Bobby Fischer putting up with internet delays????
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